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He was king of England
during the Revolution
Who is King George III?
He led the American
troops during the
Revolution
Who is George Washington?
This pamphlet, written
by Thomas Paine,
encouraged American’s
What
is
Common
Sense?
to revolt against the
British.
He authored the Declaration of
Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This Bostonian, with
others, protested British
policy such as the
Stamp Act. Later they
Whoaisbeer
Sam Adams?
named
after him.
This is the belief that the
United States should
extend its borders from
coast to coast
What is manifest destiny?
The Trail of Tears refers
to the forced removal of
this Native American
tribe
What is the Cherokee?
This island chain, now a U.S.
state, was acquired to use as a
naval base and for its
economic value
What are the Hawaiian
Islands?
This land was acquired to
provide access to the
Pacific Ocean
What is the Oregon
Territory?
Americans headed west for
these three reasons
What are more land,
religious freedom, and
financial opportunity?
While this did not prohibit
slavery in the United States, it
was a step in that direction.
What is the Emancipation
Proclamation?
Approximately this many people
were killed during the Civil War.
What is 600,000?
The reason the
Confederacy fought the
Civil War.
What is the preservation of
slavery?
This was the event which
caused Southern secession.
What is Lincoln’s Election
(The Election of 1860)
The Generals at, and location of,
the Confederate surrender.
Who are Grant and Lee at
Appomattox Courthouse?
This theory argues that
the best businessmen
will succeed in the work
world
What is Social Darwinism?
This type of person gives
money away to the less
fortunate
What is a philanthropist?
(or,
someone who believes in the Gospel
of Wealth)
These three economic
terms are often associated
with wealthy industrialists
at the turn of the 1900s.
What are trust, merger, and
monopoly?
This explains how many
politicians (e.g. Boss
Tweed) became wealthy
during the early 1900s
What is corruption including
accepting bribes and
supporting political machines?
These were three demands
commonly made by unions
around the turn of the 1900s.
What are increased wages,
shorter work days/weeks,
more holidays, sick pay, and
injury compensation?
His plan involved the taking of a
federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry.
Eventually, he was hanged for his
actions and became a martyr for
the abolitionist cause
Who is John Brown?
These authors wrote
pieces which exposed
political corruption and
social problems.
Who are Muckrakers?
Jefferson Davis.
What is president of the
Confederacy?
This muckraker exposed
corruption in the Standard Oil
Trust
Who is Ida Tarbell?
This black woman worked
for women’s suffrage and to
put an end to lynchings
Who is Ida B. Wells?
At the start of the 20th Century
most immigrants came to
America from this continent
What is Europe?
In 1882, people from this
nation became the first to be
excluded from the United
States
What is China?
This set a specific number of
immigrants per country which
would be admitted to the U.S.
every year
What is the quota system?
These were three reasons
immigrants came to the
United States in the early
1900s
What are economic
opportunity, political freedom,
and religious freedom?
Hull House, a place for new
immigrants to stay and
become accustomed to their
new country, was begun by
her.
Who is Jane Addams?
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Among the many problems
with the government
created by this document
was this: the Federal
Government
not
What is thecould
Articles
of tax.
Confederation?
These ten items were added
after the fact as a part of the
Great Compromise
What is the Bill of Rights?
This means that Federal
and State governments
share power.
What is federalism?
Part of the Great
Compromise, this dealt
with the problem of slave
representation in the House
of Representatives
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
These are three reasons the
British lost the Revolutionary
War
What are guerilla warfare,
Washington’s strategy, and a
lack of support in Britain?
This Amendment
prohibited slavery in the
United States.
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What is the
Amendment?
These members of
Congress were not pleased
with Johnson’s plan for
Reconstruction…they even
What
are Radical
tried
to impeach
him!
Republicans?
Redrawing political
districts to take
representation away from
blacks.
What is Gerrymandering?
Hated in the South, these
Northern politicians
“invaded” to look for jobs
in the new governments.
Who are Carpetbaggers?
This organization worked to
provide recently freed slaves
with education and
opportunities
What is the Freedman’s
Bureau?
This Amendment gave
women the right to vote.
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What is the
Amendment?
Just as it does today, this
organization provided
assistance to blacks and
worked to end racial
discrimination
What is the NAACP?
Among the many goals of the
Progressives, these are three
What are environmental
protection, safe food, an end to
child labor, protection for
Unions, ending government
corruption?
These were three major
problems in 1900 that
What are destruction
of to
progressives
were working
wilderness, corruption,
work
solve.
conditions, discrimination
against women and
immigrants?
This amendment allowed for
the direct election of senators.
Who is the
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Amendment?
The United States
wanted an “Open Door”
policy in this country.
What is China?
T.R. used this expression to
explain his belief that if
you are powerful other
countries will do what you
What
“Speak protest.
softly and
askiswithout
carry a big stick”?
The Monroe Doctrine, from 1823,
was written to warn Europeans to
avoid involvement in the Western
Hemisphere. It was later expanded
by this to justify American
expansion in the Caribbean, Central,
and
South
America
What is the Roosevelt
Corollary?
This is the primary reason
the United States became
involved in Cuba.
What is American economic
investments were threatened?
These inflammatory and
exaggerated news articles
were in part responsible for
the U.S. fighting the
What
is Yellow Journalism?
Spanish-American
War.
This “I” word describes
U.S. foreign policy before
WWI.
What is isolationism?
This is what we call a
nation increasing its power
by conquering new
territory.
What is imperialism?
This term means
intervening in the affairs of
other countries to promote
one’s own interest…a great
example
is
Panama.
What is internationalism?
These are three reasons for
American imperialism
around 1900.
What are economic markets,
increased power and prestige,
and religious missionary
work?
Mandatory enrollment in
the military.
What is conscription?
His assassination sparked
WWI in Europe
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
The reason Wilson
decided to enter WWI
What is “to make the world
safe for democracy”?
Three main reasons
the U.S. entered WWI
What are the Zimmerman
Telegram, the Lusitania, and
economic interests?
American involvement in
WWI represents this type
of foreign policy
What is collective security?
Wilson went to Europe
with this in mind…the
other members of the Big
Four pretty much ignored it
What are the 14 Points?
These four early
American presidents
were all from Virginia
Who were
Washington,
Jefferson, Madison,
and Monroe?